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Electoral wardE05009317

Bethnal Green East ward, London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Bethnal Green East is one of 20 electoral wards of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 21,090 residents in 7,249 households — 17,378 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency.

Residents, 202121,090council ward average 15,516
Households7,2492.91 residents per household
Density17,378/ km²about 1.21 km² · London Borough of Tower Hamlets 15,712
Aged 65+5.8%London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 5.6% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 1,278
5–96.2% · 1,316
10–156.7% · 1,412
16–198.8% · 1,855
20–2410.8% · 2,284
25–3423.7% · 4,988
35–4920.9% · 4,402
50–6411.1% · 2,336
65–743.5% · 742
75–841.6% · 331
85+0.7% · 144

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van63.4% · 4,598
1 car or van31.6% · 2,290
2 cars or vans4.3% · 314
3 or more0.6% · 47
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Tower Hamlets overall: 23.1% owned, 35.9% social rented, 38.2% private rented.

Owned outright7.8% · 562
With mortgage15.4% · 1,120
Shared ownership2.1% · 149
Social rented43.6% · 3,158
Private rented30.9% · 2,237
Lives rent free0.3% · 25

Type of home

Detached house0.8% · 58
Semi-detached house1.9% · 140
Terraced house10.9% · 790
Purpose-built flat79.7% · 5,781
Converted house3.6% · 259
Other conversion2.0% · 142
Above shop / office1.0% · 74
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009317
Region
London
Density rank in council
10 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBethnal Green West6.1% aged 65+ · 21.4% owned19,779SShadwell6.9% aged 65+ · 17.9% owned13,278SSpitalfields & Banglatown5.7% aged 65+ · 20.8% owned13,340SSt Dunstan's5.9% aged 65+ · 17.6% owned14,747SStepney Green8.5% aged 65+ · 20.9% owned12,343WWeavers6.5% aged 65+ · 22.2% owned13,339WWhitechapel4.2% aged 65+ · 16.6% owned18,841

All 20 wards of London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.